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Estranged wife of ex-minister Femi Fani-Kayode, Precious Chikwendu, a.k.a Snow White, has filed a suit at a Federal High Court, Abuja, seeking the enforcement of her fundamental human rights. The plaintiff in the suit filed against Fani-Kayode, Inspector-General of Police, his officers and men (joined as defendants), is claiming the sum of N800m as damages. Other respondents were the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Force CID, Commissioner of Police, FCT, CSP James Idachaba (OC Legal CID), FCT Command. The plaintiff said she was demanding the said amount because of the roles…

Two police officers were reportedly killed while others were injured yesterday at the Ajao Estate area of Lagos, while attempting to impound some commercial motorcycles which was met by stiff resistance as the riders popularly known as Okada went berserk. Among the dead policemen was a Superintendent of Police (SP). Others were left with varying degree of injuries. Investigation revealed that the operatives had embarked on an operation along Asa Afariogun Road in Ajao Estate to impound motorcycles for flouting the State Traffic Law when the riders mobilised and attacked…

The Nigerian Army has said a female soldier, Lt. Chika Anele, seen in a viral video dehumanising a member of the National Youth Service Corps, will be tried for unprofessional conduct. The incident happened at the 13 Brigade headquarters, Calabar, Cross River State. It was gathered that a yet-to-be-identified witness recorded Anele using a bowl to scoop dirty water from a bucket and pouring same on the corps member, Ifenyinwa Ezeiruaku, who was in her uniform. In the footage, the soldier ordered Ezeiruaku to kneel down and while at it,…

Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, has said that some of the fiercest critics of his boss, President q Muhammadu Buhari, dine with him at Aso Rock in Abuja. He disclosed this in a piece titled, ‘Buhari, FFK, And The Quality Of Mercy’. According to Adesina, the defection of former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress last week has caused “not a small ruckus” because of his past acerbic comments against Buhari. He said though Fani-Kayode…

Mr. Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, assured yesterday that no stone would be left unturned in the prosecution of Boko Haram financiers, saying it wasn’t yet time to name and shame their sponsors. Malami, in a statement signed by his media aide Dr. Umar Gwandu, said investigation to unravel those behind activities of insurgents in the country had reached advanced stage. According to the statement, the AGF, who spoke in New York, in continuation of the ongoing 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly,…

The mansion of former Governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has been seized by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, over N5 billion indebtedness. AMCON said that the takeover followed the order of Hon. Justice A.M. Liman of the Federal High Court, Lagos Division, who also ordered the freezing of the Bank Accounts of the former governor and his two companies including Trans Properties and Investment Limited and Trans It Consulting Limited AMCON noted that the former governor who is one of the founders of the newly established…

Rotimi Akeredolu, Ondo State Governor, has berated his counterpart in Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, over the latter’s comment on anti-open grazing law. El-Rufai had described the anti-open grazing laws being signed by some of the southern governors as unrealistic. Akeredolu, in a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr Donald Ojogo, said such a statement should not have come from a leader. In the statement titled, ‘Anti-open grazing: El-Rufai’s attack on southern governors devious, a hysteric ploy to externalise banditry’, Akeredolu reiterated that the anti-open…